Siskiyou County
California · County seat: Yreka · Active county or equivalent
FIPS code 06093 is Siskiyou County, California. With a population of 44,049 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #45 in California and #1106 nationally. The state FIPS code for California is 06. This code is used in Census Bureau, BLS, EPA, HUD, and USDA federal datasets to identify this county.
County FIPS
06093
Population
44,049
2022 ACS · #1106 nationally
Density
7.0/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
6,278
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Nonmetro — urban 2.5K–19.9K, not adjacent to metro
RUCC 7
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 06093 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 06 (California) with the 3-digit county identifier 093. Together they uniquely identify Siskiyou County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 06093
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 06093.
Median Household Income
$53,898
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
16.7%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
47.2
ACS B01002_001E
Adjacent Counties (8)
Counties that share a border with Siskiyou County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 06093.
Federal Datasets Using Code 06093
FIPS code 06093 appears as the county identifier in the following federal datasets. Analysts joining data across these sources use this code as the common geographic key.
Using FIPS Code 06093 in Code
Common patterns for querying federal datasets by this county's FIPS code. The leading zeros are significant — always treat FIPS codes as strings, not integers.
import requests
url = "https://api.census.gov/data/2022/acs/acs5"
params = {
"get": "NAME,B19013_001E,B01003_001E",
"for": "county:093",
"in": "state:06",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Siskiyou County, California, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '06093';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '06'
AND county_fips = '093';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 6093 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "06",
county = "093",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in Siskiyou County
ZIP codes do not align perfectly with county boundaries — a single ZIP code can span multiple counties, and a county can contain parts of many ZIP codes. The ratios below (from the Census 2020 ZCTA relationship file) show the land area share of each ZCTA that falls within Siskiyou County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 96094 | 100.0% |
| 95568 | 100.0% |
| 96014 | 100.0% |
| 96023 | 100.0% |
| 96097 | 100.0% |
| 96027 | 100.0% |
| 96031 | 100.0% |
| 96032 | 100.0% |
| 96034 | 100.0% |
| 96037 | 100.0% |
| 96038 | 100.0% |
| 96039 | 100.0% |
| 96044 | 100.0% |
| 96050 | 100.0% |
| 96057 | 100.0% |
| 96058 | 100.0% |
| 96064 | 100.0% |
| 96067 | 100.0% |
| 96085 | 100.0% |
| 96086 | 100.0% |
| 96025 | 72.2% |
| 96134 | 34.2% |
| 95556 | 11.0% |